Former Syracuse player Allen Griffin reportedly accepts assistant coaching position at Dayton

Stephen D. Cannerelli / The Post-Standard, 1997Syracuse's Allen Griffin drives against AAU team members during a 1997 exhibition game at the Carrier Dome.

In an ironic twist, former Syracuse player Allen Griffin will reportedly fill the assistant coaching position at the University of Dayton that was originally offered to another former SU player, Adrian Autry.

Autry was ready to leave Virginia Tech for Dayton last week when Syracuse assistant Rob Murphy accepted the head coaching job at Eastern Michigan University. Autry's abrupt change of plans left new Dayton coach Archie Miller in search of an assistant.